Multi-metric index based on the seagrass Zostera noltii (ZoNI) for ecological quality assessment of coastal and estuarine systems in SW Iberian Peninsula

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 46-54

  García Marín, Patricia ^a,c   Cabaço, Susana ^b,c   Hernández, Ignacio ^a,c   Vergara, Juan J ^a,c   Silva, João ^b,c   Santos, Rui ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c International Campus of Excellence of the Sea CEIMAR ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological quality assessment; Iberian Peninsula; Multi metric index; Seagrass; Water Framework Directive; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MULTI-METRIC INDICES; SEAGRASSES; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; SEAWEED; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY;

ECOLOGY;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; SEAGRASS; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT LOADING; SEAGRASS; WATER QUALITY; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; PORTUGAL; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; ZOSTERACEAE;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 84875236945     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.12.025     Document Type: Article

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